[T3] Clutch fork!
Robert Klein
rabioklein at aol.com
Sun Dec 1 11:14:54 PST 2013
Man I wish I would have known that info then! It was horrible, my hip has never been the same :( it was a really fun car bedside that! I used to drive that car like an animal ;)
Sent from the desk of Robert Klein
On Nov 30, 2013, at 10:24 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> On 30 Nov 2013 at 10:16, Robert Klein wrote:
>
>> I had a 68 squareback I had to stand on the clutch to keep it down,
>> and it would never fully disengage. I took it to everyone and no
>> results, stock clutch and everything. It ended up being the j-tube. I
>> never ended up being able to fix it :( sold it first. Due to moving
>> and such.
>
> I also had a '68 square that developed a very stiff clutch. I went
> thru several engine removals before discovering that I had a very
> beautiful Luk pressure plate that had a fatal flaw: The fulcrum
> points for the operating arms were small, so they wore away, until
> the arms came to rest on a different part, which completely changed
> the mechanical advantage. Replacing the PP with a Sachs unit
> completely fixed the problem, but not before I had suffered thru a
> couple years of very stiff pedal.
>
> I finally figured out the Luk PP problem when I noticed the little
> marks where the operating arms hit (where they shouldn't have.)
>
> Both units were diaphram style PPs. I don't think there's anything
> wrong with that concept. They work perfectly well and provide very
> even pressure. It's the Belleville washer concept, and it's a very
> simple engineering solution. Over the years they've actually
> simplified them a lot, and that's part of the beauty of the design.
>
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